Make your garden feel like a Caribbean island with this simply gorgeous Campis x Tagliabuana. The 'Madame Galen' will provide you garden with some later season colour, flowering from August through to October, keeping the interest going into autumn with beautiful pink and green tones. Each trumpet shaped flower is a bright shade of coral pink that are produced in loose clusters. The throat of the flower is filled with short, curved stamens, and the blooms contrast magically with the dark green, glossy, deciduous foliage. The vine is self-clinging, so needs only minimal tying in to get it started - despite its delicate appearance, 'Madame Galen' is a sturdy climber and will run up any support be it trellis, arbour, a wall or even an old tree. Fully deserving its coveted RHS Award of Garden Merit, you can be sure that this is a proven garden performer, guaranteed to be suitable for UK gardeners at every level of experience. You can therefore plant this in the garden with confidence, for stunning displays for many years to come. Sure to be a garden favourite, this climber is a fast-growing vine which could reach a height of 10m, although can easily be restricted by pruning to size. Supplied as an established plant in a 1L pot, ready to plant.
The marvellous, full trusses of pure white, funnel-shaped flowers of 'Madam Masson' burst open in May and June and contrast beautifully against the dark green leaves, which are retained all year. The upper petal of the flowers is splashed in mustard yellow speckles, making them absolutely stunning when this Rhododendron is in full bloom. For improved and more abundant flowering, deadhead faded blooms where possible and avoid heavy shade which reduces blooming. Fully deserving its coveted RHS Award of Garden Merit, you can be sure that this is a proven garden performer, guaranteed to be suitable for UK gardeners at every level of experience. You can therefore plant this in the garden with confidence, for stunning displays for many years to come. Rhododendrons are low-maintenance shrubs that will perform superbly provided you plant them well and keep them well-watered. They mostly prefer bright to dappled shade or partial shade, avoiding morning sunlight which can damage buds. Rhododendron roots are shallow, spreading to the sides in search for nutrients., so never plant them too deep - remember that they often grow in shallow cracks on mountainsides.Soil does need to be on the acidic side and rich in humus, cool and always moist which will allow established plants to withstand direct mid-day and afternoon sun. Supplied as an established plant in a 17cm pot, 'Madam Masson' will reach a height and spread of 2m (6½ ft).
A particular favourite at the moment with florists, hydrangeas feature in many contemporary designs of both bouquets and cut flowers and are known the world over for their fabulous heads of blossom. Easy to grow and a breeze to maintain, 'Madame Emile Mouillère' is a compact hydrangea with large oval leaves and rounded mopheads of white, serrated florets that become lightly suffused with pink when grown in full sun. With an abundance of flowers from May onwards this is an hydrangea that will bring a delightful and stylish show to your garden for months, allowing you to create beautiful flowering displays in beds and borders and also in dried flower arrangements - a truly year-round plant. Compact enough to grow in pots and planters on the patio or decking, the eye-catching flowers of Madame Emile Mouillère retain their beauty for a very long time. To extend the seasonal interest, leave some flower heads on the plants over winter where they look gorgeous covered with frost, and of course they'll provide shelter for overwintering wildlife. Fully deserving its coveted RHS Award of Garden Merit, you can be sure that this is a proven garden performer, guaranteed to be suitable for UK gardeners at every level of experience. You can therefore plant this in the garden with confidence, for stunning displays for many years to come. Supplied as an established plant in a 3L pot, ready for immediate planting out. Flowering from May onwards and reaching 1.8m (6ft) but can be kept compact by pruning.
A flower in an entirely new form. Its large completely double, azalea-shaped blooms provide a riot of colour and its reliability and impressiveness are borne out by rare award of an All-America and All-Britain Selections Bronze Medal. Ideal for borders, bedding and superb cut flowers. Flowers summer. Height: 69-90cm (24-36in)